Obscured by Clouds. The rough and ready blog of a cloud benighted biologist and amateur astronomer. Astroblog will cover my interests in astronomy, biology and Life, the Universe and Everything.

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

The ISS passes Venus (11 February 2014 - yes, I know this is late)

The International Space Station zips below Venus on the morning of 11 February 2014. Stack of 10 x 5 second exposures at 400 ASA with my Canon IXUS. Images stacked with ImageJ. Click to embiggen

Animation of the same stack of 10 images in Image J, with contrast cranked up. The ISS passes behind cloud. Click to Embiggen.

The ISS had a series of bright passes near Venus last week, but I could only catch one due to cloud. Then a whole bunch of work and family stuff took me away from the computer, so I am only now getting this posted.